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Who we are

We’re Strategic Investors and Company Builders with over a century of combined experience and established track records in Managed Services in Venture Capital in Silicon Valley and Technology Sourcing and Deployment in Japan. We connect best-of-breed Silicon Valley technology thoroughbreds to established businesses in the US and Japan with strong local support in all our areas of operation.

Who we are

We’re Strategic Investors and Company Builders with over a century of combined experience and established track records in Managed Services in Venture Capital in Silicon Valley and Technology Sourcing and Deployment in Japan. We connect best-of-breed Silicon Valley technology thoroughbreds to established businesses in the US and Japan with strong local support in all our areas of operation.

Team

Greg is a veteran of over 35 years in the technology development industry as a developer, entrepreneur, public company CEO and CTO of Metrowerks (Acquired by Motorola Semiconductor), venture capitalist at SoftBank Venture Capital and a board member of both private and public boards. He led and managed early stage investments in the fields of semiconductors, communications equipment, wireless infrastructure software, internet-centric mobile platforms, DFM software and solid oxide fuel cell technology high-performance electric motorcycles, internet of things, carbon-fiber kinetic energy storage technologies Notable investments include: Transilica (Acquired by Microtune); Dantz (Acquired by EMC); Impinj (NASDAQ: IMPJ) Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN ) ; Danger (Acquired by Microsoft)

Greg Galanos

Greg is a veteran of over 35 years in the technology development industry as a developer, entrepreneur, public company CEO and CTO of Metrowerks (Acquired by Motorola Semiconductor), venture capitalist at SoftBank Venture Capital and a board member of both private and public boards. He led and managed early stage investments in the fields of semiconductors, communications equipment, wireless infrastructure software, internet-centric mobile platforms, DFM software and solid oxide fuel cell technology high-performance electric motorcycles, internet of things, carbon-fiber kinetic energy storage technologies Notable investments include: Transilica (Acquired by Microtune); Dantz (Acquired by EMC); Impinj (NASDAQ: IMPJ) Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN ) ; Danger (Acquired by Microsoft)
Shinichi has a long history in the technology and consumer facing product companies. He continues to support companies as an active advisor and board member, bringing his experience in bridging the gap globally across countries, culture and business. He serves on private boards in Japan, the US and European and advises on business strategy and development in Japan, Asia, US and Europe. Prior to this role, he was the Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President at Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. and was instrumental in leading the engineering and launch of the PlayStation series of products during the ten year period of 1994-2003. Mr. Okamoto holds a Bachelors and Master science/chemistry degree from the Science and Engineering Waseda University Tokyo.

Shinichi Okamoto

Shinichi has a long history in the technology and consumer facing product companies. He continues to support companies as an active advisor and board member, bringing his experience in bridging the gap globally across countries, culture and business. He serves on private boards in Japan, the US and European and advises on business strategy and development in Japan, Asia, US and Europe. Prior to this role, he was the Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President at Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. and was instrumental in leading the engineering and launch of the PlayStation series of products during the ten year period of 1994-2003. Mr. Okamoto holds a Bachelors and Master science/chemistry degree from the Science and Engineering Waseda University Tokyo.
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